B’ding

I love cartoons. As a child the adult I admired most was Hanna Barbera, and only realised much later she was two clever fellers. What family hasn’t used the humane example of Marge Simpson to resolve generational or gender conflict?Is there any contemporary drama that comes closer to the bizarre texture of modern life than the magnificent South Park?

I love cartoons. As a child the adult I admired most was Hanna Barbera, and only realised much later she was two clever fellers.
What family hasn’t used the humane example of Marge Simpson to resolve generational or gender conflict?

Is there any contemporary drama that comes closer to the bizarre texture of modern life than the magnificent South Park?

Reader Oliver Schick alerted me to this…

…which is clearly a spoof. Health and Safety is only useful as a way of systematising common-sense – but what are the public-liability implications of an accidental release? Nor does the film show how long it takes to pack the parachute?

Bravo ‘Michael Wallis’ – surely an alias of Professor Pat Pending – for pulling off such an audacious stunt.